Aside from Quintus…
his entire crew was gone.
"Damn it… this isn't the effect of some thuggish strong punch! This is a massacre!"
Jeston's face twisted in fury.
"Woman, you've pissed me off!! Quintus — stop playing around. We're taking her down together!"
Hearing his captain's order, Quintus realized the situation had turned deadly.
His right arm transformed into a fin, which he slapped lightly over his earlier wound.
"Mucus Bubble!"
Sticky, slimy green bubbles coated the gash, and within seconds — less than twenty — the hideous wound across his abdomen completely healed.
His body swelled, golden scales grew across his back, his eyes turning into lifeless, cold fish-eyes.
"You won't be begging your way out of this anymore."
Transformed into his hybrid form, Quintus' hands dripped with mucus as he lunged forward with Jeston — one from the left, one from the right.
"Robin! Stall Jeston for a moment — I'll handle the goldfish freak!"
Laurentina spoke quickly.
She shot upward, slipping between the two pirates like smoke.
"Blood Control!"
"Nine-Wheel Fleur: Twisting Dance!"
In perfect coordination, Robin sprouted nine arms on each of the two pirates.
The writhing arms tangled their movements, interrupting their advance.
In the same instant, Laurentina spread her hands.
The Vampire Fruit's blood manipulation awakened through her vains —
she seized the flow of Quintus's blood.
"GAAH—!!"
Quintus screamed.
The gash across his abdomen tore open again, bursting outward in a spray of blood.
Laurentina didn't stop.
She dove with her chainsaw, aiming at the incapacitated pirate.
But Quintus grinned — a twisted, triumphant expression.
She fell for it! A small wound isn't enough to kill me!
"High-Pressure Water Jet!!"
His gills blasted a deadly stream of water.
"Hmph."
Laurentina tilted mid-air, avoiding it effortlessly.
Instead of retreating, she advanced — the chainsaw brushing lightly across his side.
RIP—
A massive hole exploded from Quintus's waist.
His legs buckled, his body collapsing onto the deck before he lost consciousness completely.
Jeston froze.
This goldfish monstrosity — a notorious Supernova of this year —
had been taken down like trash.
Laurentina landed lightly, her lips pulling into a cold, faint smile.
Since raincarnating, she had traind relentlessly —
push-ups, long-distance runs, rope climbing, Karp-style mountain chopping…
Ten years of grinding her body into steel.
A bottom-of-the-list Supernova?
Of course she could crush him.
"She… she really killed him…?"
The survivors hiding in the corners stared in stunned silence, hope returning to their eyes.
Robin, pale and exhausted, leaned against a cabin door but still managed a relieved smile before sliding weakly onto the floor.
Sorry, Laurentina… I can't keep up with Jeston.
"You… filthy woman!! What did you do to my crew?! I'll cut you to pieces!"
Jeston roared.
His rage swallowed any twisted thoughts he'd had earlier — now replaced entirely by murderous fury.
He charged like a maddened beast, sword flashing.
Laurentina shifted aside, avoiding easily.
But Jeston pressed relentlessly, his longsword dancing like silver lightning, the strikes fierce enough to tear the air itself.
She frowned.
The angles were getting tighter.
Dodging wouldn't last forever.
Laurentina kicked off the ground, wings flaring —
and rose above him.
Jeston swung helplessly at the air below her.
Stupid. I can fly.
Hovering silently, Laurentina pressed her fingers together like a blade.
Blood gathered at her fingertips, drop by drop.
"Blood Spear."
Jeston snorted and stepped aside, avoiding it.
Laurentina responded by diving, chainsaw ready.
Steel struck hardened skin — sparks flying.
"Second-Wheel Fleur: Grasp!"
Robin, barely conscious, used her cruelest move.
Crack.
A sound like an eggshell shattering echoed across the deck.
"You…!!"
Jeston froze, face contorting.
He clutched himself and dropped to a knee.
PFFFT—
Then came the sound of the chainsaw slicing skin.
Laurentina's blade tore across his side, carving a deep, jagged wound.
He staggered back — but more wounds followed.
And more.
"You—you damned brats!!"
Jeston slammed his fists into the deck.
His body bulged grotesquely — growing past four meters.
Thick black hide spread across him.
His hands morphed into massive fins.
His head narrowed, jaws lengthening with sharp fangs.
He transformed into a Sea Lion Ancient Zoan hybrid.
"TING! TING! TING—!"
Laurentina's chainsaw struck his hide — but black iron-like patches formed beneath.
Armament Haki.
Jeston's eyes turned pitch-black with fury.
"I'll kill you. All of you.
I ate the Fish-Fish Fruit, Ancient Model: Bering Sea Lion!
No one can break my defense!"
He marched toward Robin first, snarling:
"I'll tear you apart first—"
His massive fin slammed downward, whipping up a gale.
"Enough! I'm your opponent!"
Laurentina dropped in front of Robin and raised her chainsaw to block—
only to be flung back in an instant.
Why??!
Ancient Zoan durability — combined with Armament Haki.
Even her saw couldn't cut deep.
What a monster.
No wonder he was ranked second among this year's Supernovas.
Jeston didn't pause.
He blitzed toward Robin — frighteningly fast for something so massive.
His shadow loomed over her.
One hit would turn her into pulp.
Meanwhile — nearby waters, Red Hair Pirates ship
"Shanks, you planning to step in?"
A silver-haired man smoking lazily by the rail asked.
"No rush."
Shanks leaned on the railing, taking a casual swig from his bottle.
"You've seen an interesting future, haven't you…"
Beckman didn't finish the sentence —
because an eerie, broken laugh echoed across the battlefield.
"Heh… hehe… hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA—"
They looked up.
The young nun stood wreathed in black, ominous aura.
Her already crimson eyes now streaked with long, trailing threads of blood-red light.
A smile twisted across her face — half-mad, half-feral.
She lifted her chainsaw.
Her speed exploded —
a blur of motion crossing the deck in an instant.
Golden sparks spun wildly from the blade.
She appeared right in front of Jeston.
And with a crazed whisper—
"Flesh and bone…
split apart!!"
The chainsaw came down.
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